stay | the kid laroi

chapter 8

"How'd you find me?"

"The way I always manage to. You know I always will, no matter how much you try and hide from me."

"What do you want from me? What did I do for you to start doing this?"

"Oh poor little Amaris...You act so clueless and innocent when you aren't. It's amazing how you do it."

"What do you me- Look. Stay away from me. I think I finally found someone who might care about me."

"Are you sure about that?"

"What's that supposed to-"

"You'll see. Just you wait. Looks like one of your boy toys is coming towards you, I'll let you go for now."

And with that he hangs up the phone and then I'm left there in shock. He can see me right now. He managed to find me again. Everything starts to blur a little, am I....am I crying?

"Hey- Hey Amaris, what's wrong?"

Laroi.

"I...Um yeah no, I'm fine."

"You're not, you're crying. Who was that on the phone?"

"It's nothing, really. I didn't even realize I started crying. I promise I'm okay."

He tilts my face up with his index finger so I'd look at him and we make eye contact. For someone who's usually shy, he's getting real comfortable with me...Not that I'm complaining. We stare at each other for a second til he lets go, grabs my hand and we start walking back to the car. He gets in the driver seat and I get in the passenger seat, like before and we're off. The entire car is silent for some reason and it's making me feel weird yet I don't want to say anything. We eventually get to the house and as we walk in, we get yelled at but something seems off. There's sadness in their eyes. Everyone has it for some reason. We didn't even really get yelled at, it was like a talking to. Nothing more no less. After that, everyone goes to their designated rooms. As me and Laroi head up to our rooms, he stops me and makes me turn to face him.

"You're still coming to my room, right?"

"Well, did you want me to?"

"I'd like it if you did, but it's up to you."

"I'll change and then I'll be in there, okay?"

"Okay, be careful."

"When am I not?" I jokingly say, just as I do I bump into my door infront of him.

"Is that a good example of when you aren't?"

"Shut up man."

We laugh for a little but eventually I go in my room and he does the same. I plop on my bed and feel my body untense. I grab my phone and look at the photos that the boys had sent in the new groupchat that we made and I begin to smile to myself a little bit. Things started off rough but not being by myself anymore makes things seem better.

*tomorrow morning*

I wake up to someone shaking me.

"Amaris, get up."

"For what man, what time is it anyways?"

"It's 6 in the morning."

Hearing just that made me wake up all the way and look at Laroi, who was the one waking me up.

"6? Why're you waking me up at 6 in the morning you idiot?"

"Wait, do you not know?"

"Know what?"